ALX, a leading tech career accelerator fostering a vibrant community of young talent across Africa, hosted a Parents Forum in Lagos to spotlight its innovative ALX Pathway Programme. This unique initiative opens opportunities for young Africans to pursue degrees at globally renowned partner institutions, empowering participants with the tools and networks to succeed.
To bolster awareness for this new innovative programme and build trust among key stakeholders, the tech accelerator hosted an insightful and engaging Parents Forum in Lagos.
The forum provided an interactive platform to showcase the programme’s offerings, including access to peer communities, professional network events, mentorship, and personalized guidance for applications to partner universities. The event featured testimonials from current participants and a live session with a representative...
The delicate art of balancing work and play is especially crucial for students, who must navigate the demands of their academic responsibilities while also finding time to relax and enjoy leisure activities.
Striking the right balance is not only important for maintaining mental and emotional well-being; it's also critical for sustaining motivation and productivity in the long run. Whether you're juggling a demanding course load or engaging in extracurricular activities, understanding how to effectively manage your time can be the key to success.
In this article, we explore the strategies and insights that can help students create a well-rounded and fulfilling lifestyle.
Understanding the Work-Play Balance: Why It Matters for Students
The pursuit of knowledge is demanding, often requiring students to prioritize their...
Importance of Online Calculators:
There are numerous tasks that an online calculator can perform such as calculating perfect EMO, car payments, home-related payments, and many more. Besides this, it gives you a perfect idea of how calculations are to be done while managing your personal finances or planning your retirement. You ought to be settled for the best calculations in life.
There was a time when people had to work out a lot on various kinds of calculations on the main calculator where many other things would come up. At that time, they didn’t know that building an online calculator could...
LAGOS, NIGERIA – Boomplay, the largest music streaming and download service in Africa, has signed a direct licensing agreement with Warner Music to bring the record company’s diverse global roster of music to the region.
The terms of the partnership allow Boomplay to distribute Warner Music’s extensive catalogue of more than one million songs to its community of listeners in ten countries; Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.
The deal will provide Warner Music’s artists with direct access and exposure to Boomplay’s millions of users in the region, while bringing Boomplay one step closer to...
You’ve probably heard about the expensive, lavish benefits that big tech companies such as Google and Facebook are offering to their employees. As a small business owner, you might be wondering how you can ever match up when you’re working with a small budget for employee perks.
Today, a huge percentage of employees report that the workplace perks and benefits on offer are one of the most important deciding factors when it comes to whether or not they will apply for a job or accept an offer of employment.
So, no matter the size or age of your business, it’s important...
In the present world, marketing plays a vital role in the success of a business. Different marketing tools are in use like brochure print. They are used by businesses to reach out to mass audience and create brand awareness.
Even though a lot of businesses may get them printed in their own office, they usually opt for the services of a brochure printing company to get their brochures printed.
Printing companies have years of experience in the field of brochure printing and they render the best possible service. This is why most businesses prefer them.
Why should you choose a Brochure Printing...
Technology has made life much simpler. With more and more innovations, smart phones and computers have become the most essential things in life. They help from cooking to business or even entertain kids.
However, at times they fail us. After all they are machines which are prone to wear and tear. It can be a shutdown of no reason or slow responses or even worse failing to connect to internet! At such situations, replacements or upgrading might be expensive. In other cases, it might be compulsive to recover important files.
Some of the issues can be fixed by a frequent computer...
New entrepreneurs are always looking to save a buck in the startup costs and free web hosting sounds appealing to them.
Here are some aspects to take into consideration when using free web hosting:
But is it Free?
How is a free web hosting making any money? Advertising is the short answer to that. Free web hosting companies are going to insert advertising into your page. You don't get control over the advertising. Do you want that?
You’re not going to encounter this sort of problem with the paid web hosting.
Professional appearance for your Business
If you have a website or a blog, this...
Restaurants have changed the way that they do business over the past couple of years. There have been new technological advancements in the industry that helps businesses in the food industry properly manage their restaurants. Fortunately, more businesses are jumping on the bandwagon and adopting these new restaurant POS systems.
POS systems have provided many food businesses with a variety of functions that help them manage all aspects of their business more easily.
What's even better is that they are incredibly affordable and almost anyone can afford their subscription service. Let's take a look at how your restaurant can benefit from...
While stormwater runoff was for many years seen as a nuisance and inconvenience to be removed as quickly as possible and dealt with elsewhere, the quest for more sustainable building techniques means that it is now seen as what it is - a valuable resource that can be put to good use onsite if managed correctly.
By allowing water to move in more natural ways and infiltrate the ground, rather than diverting it offsite, multiple benefits can be achieved.
Some of these include improving aesthetics and removing pollutants through the growth of vegetation, making cities more resilient and better able to...
It's been a long time since you thought of a new life, a new career and the idea of going to see you elsewhere obsesses you. Whether to start a business or to venture, expatriation to Canada is a dream of lots of people.
We think of the vast open spaces, the huge lakes, the ice hockey, but also the legendary openness and entrepreneurial freedom that you have so often heard about. Obviously, you have read all the testimonials of feedbacks posted here.
It's as if all is left to do, you see yourself in a new conquest rather than stagnate...
Since financing is an essential component for the success and survival of any business, you will have to be thoughtful, considerate and decisive about it. You may choose to find investors for your business or take out a loan to fund it.
If you are considering taking out a loan then you will most probably look to a bank automatically. However, you do have another major source of capital funding which is equally good: the federal government.
There are several loan programs offered by the government for startups as well as growing businesses. All you need is to understand which ones...
Like most entrepreneurs, you are probably looking for viable ways to finance your business via debt. After all, you don’t mind the interest payments as long as your business concern generates adequate revenue.
Banks and other similar institutions are always willing to lend you the funds you need. However, you have got to fulfill the stringent requirements such organizations lay down for obtaining this money. Many of these lenders may even go to the extent of offering you business credit cards.
Prominent financial experts say it is always prudent on your part to determine what type of loan you need. This...
Being a freelancer is amazing in many ways. You build your own schedule and can work from any place on Earth, where Wi-Fi is available. At the same time, there are some challenges connected with freelancing.
Most self-employed workers will agree that there is no bigger issue than finding customers and promoting yourself. If you are a beginner, then we are pretty sure that you don’t really know how to get clients and make your name stand out from the crowd.
This task is connected with certain difficulties and you need a plan to get started. Let’s discuss some strategies to...
The tech world is moving at supersonic speed and the hotel industry is impressively keeping up with the pace. Apps, software systems, digital wallets and social media platforms are changing service delivery in this industry.
Hoteliers are adapting to a fast-paced way of life, by replacing manual service delivery with technological systems which make it easier for customers to enjoy meals and other services without much hustle.
Below are the top tech trends in the restaurant business in 2024
Instagram Marketing
Food is visually appealing and so are beautiful indoor and outdoor spaces in restaurants, In 2024, restaurants are splashing their Instagram...
FastestVPN is one of the best VPN services around. With privacy concerns and breaches, spammers, hackers, and public WiFis lingering everywhere, there are many reasons to consider using a VPN. There are also quite a number of benefits attached to using VPN.
However, depending on factors like features, pricing, and purpose, there's the issue of choosing the best VPN service to use. Because while some VPNs secures your online presence, they sort of reduce bandwidth speed, leaving users searching for ways to speed up their VPN.
If you are in search of a VPN that provides the basic (and complex) functionalities...
The conventional route to becoming a journalist is through the university where you obtain a relevant degree in journalism broadly known as mass communication or media studies. You can also study whatever course you like in the university and still practice journalism but you have to do a post graduate diploma in journalism or enroll for a professional course in its related disciplines.
However, if you don’t own a degree but you have this severe passion for journalism, you can still fit in, after all not all of the journalists you find out there in the field today are degree...
In a world of endless commercial opportunity, it can feel as though you are spending all of your time competing to be heard. Who has the best product, the most customers, the best Black Friday deals?
Keeping customers who return time and again is an ongoing challenge for many retailers and service providers, and an exclusive membership scheme could be your key to boosting sales and retaining loyalty.
All you need to get started are a few good incentives, and ID card printer to produce the key to the benefits. Read on to see those profits soar!
Why Use a Membership Scheme?
Human...
As companies keep up with the fast-paced advancements in technology, they are also doing their best to acquire the best talents in the tech field to achieve their business goals.
In fact, traditional companies are increasingly becoming like tech firms because of their focus on technology and their demands for tech-related jobs.
This development is good news for computer enthusiasts and technology experts as there are demands to fill in job positions ranging from software development to data security. Such jobs also offer a highly competitive salary. So what are those careers in technology that are in demand right now? Here’s...
Money is the lifeline of a business. Your business would accomplish new goals and attain new heights when sufficiently fueled by funds. If you are a business owner, you would realize that your business would be requiring some additional capital.
Any business would be requiring funding for various reasons like getting through a rough patch, for engaging in speedy growth, and other such circumstances.
The two most popular choices you would get for raising the required cash are debt or equity financing. In equity financing, you are required to forego a specific percentage of the company’s ownership.
These could be very useful...
Technology-based companies in Nigeria have something to look forward to as Union Bank has announced the launch of TechVentures, a unique banking proposition which provides tailored services to their industry. The solution was unveiled recently at TechPoint Build, a leading technology conference for tech experts, investors, start-ups and owners of tech-enabled businesses, that held in Lagos.
TechVentures supports tech-based businesses in various stages of their lifecycles, providing them services which include access to venture capital funding, business advisory and mentorship as well as accelerator partnerships.
Union Bank’s Head of Commercial Banking, Mr. Kunle Sonola, who was present at the event and...
Are you fascinated by the business of Agriculture but do not possess the grit, luxury of time or know-how to get the 'dirty work' done on the farm? FarmCrowdy (now Crowdyvest) is a platform that allows users engage in the process and business of Agriculture from their phones, laptops or anywhere in the world...without actually stepping on a farmland or grabbing a hoe.
FarmCrowdy: History and About
Established in September 2016, FarmCrowdy prides itself as Nigeria's First Digital Agricultural Investment platform and is looking to become the foremost digital agricultural platform in the whole of Africa.
FarmCrowdy has been actively operating in...
With the sharp increase in brokerages and new companies offering investment apps, the options are numerous. Plus, choosing the best investment apps can be...
DSTV is a leading Satellite cable TV service from Multichoice in Nigeria and across Africa. The service offers direct-to-home DTH pay TV services to...
Aero Airline (a.k.a Aero Contractors) offers a convenient online platform for handling your flight transaction. At the Aero air online booking platform, you can...
